Love's Tangled Web by Donna Taylor

Chapter 44

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Their eyes locked, and Ellie’s face turned pale with anger, struggling to believe that Alex actually called her hypocritical.

Tears welled up in her eyes, but her voice was unwavering. “I don’t need it!” she said

Ellie put down her bag and started tidying up the ward. She decided to swallow everything for the chance to be promoted.

Alex stared at Ellie, noticing her pained and frustrated expression. He glanced down at the pink diamond necklace in his hands, breaking the silence that filled the room.

“Help me up! I need to go to the bathroom! he snapped from behind her. Ellie ignored him. His head was injured, not his legs he could’ve been up and about since morning.

grumbled, throwing something at her. She rolled her

area.

stepped out again, only to find Alex blocking the doorway, peeling an orange and glaring

‘At least Aaron’s

half–peeled orange at her, along with the peel. “You little brat! Try saying that again!”

floor and tossed it in the trash can.

him instead?” Alex moved aside to let her pass, but

so she

Alex snapped, his frustration boiling over. He hurled the orange at the ceiling, creating a

stared at a stain on the ceiling, walked over, and tossed the orange in

down at his hand gripping her wrist. “You’re not wrong; the ceiling started the fight